Senior Infrastructure Engineer DV

The Talent Locker Ltd.; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

The Talent Locker Ltd. is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for Somerset, delivering secure digital infrastructure for defence and national security projects.

You will design, build and operate high-assurance networks, storage, and cloud components in highly secure environments. Responsibilities include configuring Cisco Nexus, deploying NetApp storage with data-at-rest encryption, building Hyper-V clusters, enabling VMware Cloud Foundation private clouds, and managing HSM/KMS appliances,

Qualifications

• Experience designing secure infrastructures for defence/national security contexts.
• Hands-on experience with high-security, high-availability environments.
• Ability to work across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Configuring and hardening Cisco Nexus Leaf/Spine architectures for high-throughput, low-latency traffic.
• Initialising and presenting NetApp storage arrays, ensuring data-at-rest encryption is enforced.
• Building and hardening Hyper-V clusters supporting core services such as AD, DNS and PKI.
• Supporting the enablement and integration of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud environments.
• Initialising and managing HSM/KMS appliances, including leading key ceremonies within high-assurance environments.
• Carrying out professional rack-and-stack and secure cabling in accordance with high physical-security standards.

Skills

High-security environments

UK security clearance

Team collaboration

Tools

Cisco Nexus

NetApp ONTAP

Hyper-V

VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation)

HSM/KMS

Windows Server 2022/2025

Job description

Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Somerset - Highest Security Clearance Needed - £600 P/Day Outside IR35

We’re working with a specialist digital innovation partner delivering secure, mission-critical technology to Defence and National Security organisations. You’ll join a team tackling complex infrastructure challenges across highly secure environments, working alongside engineers, architects and delivery specialists.

The Role

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll help design, build and deliver secure digital solutions supporting critical operations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Configuring and hardening Cisco Nexus Leaf/Spine architectures for high-throughput, low-latency traffic.
• Initialising and presenting NetApp storage arrays, ensuring data-at-rest encryption is enforced.
• Building and hardening Hyper-V clusters supporting core services such as AD, DNS and PKI.
• Supporting the enablement and integration of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) private cloud environments.
• Initialising and managing HSM/KMS appliances, including leading key ceremonies within high-assurance environments.
• Carrying out professional rack-and-stack and secure cabling in accordance with high physical-security standards.

What We’re Looking For

We’re particularly interested in engineers with experience across:

• Cisco Nexus or equivalent networking technologies.
• NetApp ONTAP or equivalent enterprise storage.
• Deploying Hyper-V in high-availability, high-security environments.
• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 5+).
• Hardware-based cryptographic systems such as HSM/KMS.
• Windows Server 2022/2025.
• Secure infrastructure environments and physical infrastructure builds.

Security Clearance

Due to the secure nature of the role and working environment, candidates must hold the highest level of UK Security Clearance.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Somerset - Highest Security Clearance Needed - £600 P/Day Outside IR35